18th Kolkata International Film Festival

18th Kolkata Film Festival

Opening film	A Separation
Location	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Founded	1995
Number of films	8 days . 60 countries. 140 directors. 180 films.
Festival date	10 November 2012– 17 November 2012
Website	kff.in

The 18th Annual Kolkata Film Festival was held 10 to 17 November 2012. The Kolkata Film Festival (KFF) (Bengali: কলকাতা ফিল্ম ফেস্টিভাল) is an annual film festival held in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1995, it is the second oldest international film festival in India. The festival is organized by the West Bengal Film Centre under the West Bengal Government. Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Dev Adhikari, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Chief Minister Smt. Mamata Banerjee and many other luminaries inaugurated the festival at Netaji Indoor Stadium on 10 November 2012.^[1]

Categories

• Centenary Tribute - Michelangelo Antonioni
• 200 Years Birth Anniversary : Charles Dickens
• Homage
• Retrospective - Michael Cacoyannis
• New Horizon
• Focus : Africa (Now & Then)
• 100 Years of Indian Cinema
• Where is the land
• Cinema International
• Big Story (Amitabh Bachchan)
• Asian Select (NETPAC Award)
• Indian Select
• Children Screening
• Students Shorts
• Calcutta/Kolkata
• Tribute
• Special Tribute : PK Nair

Venues

• Nandan I (For Press, Delegates & Guests) - 9am, 11am, 3pm, 5pm & 7:15pm.
• Nandan II (For Press, Delegates & Guests) - 11:15am, 3:15pm, 5:15pm & 7:30pm.
• Nandan III (For Press, Delegates & Guests) - 11:15am, 3:15pm, 5:15pm & 7:30pm.
• Sisir Mancha - 11:15am, 2pm, 4:15pm & 7:30pm.
• Rabindra Sadan - 11:15am, 3:15pm, 5:15pm & 7:30pm.
• Paradise - 10am & 12:30pm.
• Star - 11:30am, 2.30pm & 5pm.
• Navina - 9:30am & 11:30am.
• Purbasree (EZCC) - 2:30pm, 5pm & 7:30pm.
• Mitra - 11:15am & 8:30pm.
• SRFTI (Main Auditorium)- 12:30pm, 2:30pm & 5:30pm.
• Hiralal Sen Mancha (Adjacent to Rabindra Sadan) - 3pm & 6:30pm.

References

1. Star-Studded Opening At Film Fest

External links

• Kolkata Film Festival website